Climate Action - Vancouver, Canada

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Climate ActionCity of North Vancouver

Caroline Jackson, Environmental Coordinator


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MV Sustainability Breakfast May 2010

Outline

Context Corporate Actions

Community Actions

Community Plan Update Lessons Learned


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Landslides and floods Infrastructure damage

Loss of life

Heavy Rainfall Impacts(2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)


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Provincial Policies

GHG Reduction Targets Act reduce below 2007: 33% by 2020, 80% by 2050

Bill 27 Green Communities

targets, policies and actions by May 31, 2010

Climate Action Charter

compact, complete communities measure and report community emissions

carbon neutral operations by 2012


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2005 Local Action Plan

Partners for Climate Protection - 1997 5 milestone framework

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inventory set targetsdevelop

plan implementmonitor,amend


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Outline

Context Corporate Emissions & Actions

Community Emissions & Actions



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Corporate Emissions by Fuel Source

2,545tonnesCO2e

Electricity

9%

Gasoline

11%

Diesel

16%

SolidWaste11%

NaturalGas53%


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Corporate Actions

Building retrofits

Vehicle right-sizing

Electric bicycles, truck,

forklifts

Operational changes to reduce

use of equipment and vehicles On-site composting and

mulching to avoid vehicle trips


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Energy Management Team

Meet quarterly to identify operationalmeasures & projects to reduce emissions

Celebrate successes

Annual reporting system - Finance

Carbon neutral operations 2012


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Outline





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Community Actions

Smart growth land use planning Sustainable transportation plan (2008)

100 year sustainability vision (2009)

Education & outreach


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Education & outreach

30K annual budget: Partnerships Home efficiency outreach City of Vancouver

Climate Change Showdown BC Sustainable

Energy Association

ClimateSmart Metro Vancouver, Chamber of

Commerce, other munis

Grant programs funding for nonprofits


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Outreach

School programs Community-Based Social Marketing

Research to ID barriers and benefits


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Outreach

School programs Community-Based Social Marketing

Research to ID barriers and benefits


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Partnerships

Non-profits, municipalities, utilities Leverage specialized expertise & benefit

from knowledge sharing

Make funds go further & accessadditional funding

Tangibles: reduced costs, GHG andenergy savings

Intangibles: mutual support, sharedsense of accomplishment, strongerrelationships


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Outline





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Community Plan Update

Climate Action Task Force representation from all departments

Model impact of potential policies

Recommend community targets


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Community Emissions Inventory(2007)


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Community Emissions Inventory(2007)

Buildings 48% (gas + electricity)

On-road transportation 49%

Solid waste 3%


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Transportation

Mode choice (auto, transit, walking, bike)

Vehicle efficiency and fuel source

Vehicle kilometres travelled


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Land Use Planning

Employment and housing density

Proximity to key destinations

Walking, biking and transit connectivity


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Buildings and Energy

Existing buildings and type

Retrofit rate and new building performance

Electricity carbon content

Renewable energy and heat


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Solid Waste

Waste generated

Waste reduction (reuse, recycle, compost) Waste disposal


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Business as Usual & Reduction Potential

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

2007 2020 2031 2050

TonnesCO2e

EmissionsReductionsbyPolicyBundle

GrowingSmarter

LocalTransitRoutes

BikeImprovements

PedImprovements

LocalPart9BuildingCode


LocalRetrofit

OnsiteRenewables

DistrictEnergyExpansion

DistrictEnergyDecarbonisation

LocalSolidWaste

TransitImprovements

TransitRouteAdditions

TailpipeEmission Standards

GreeningtheGrid

BCBuildingCode

SrGovRetrofit

SrGovSolidWaste

LowCarbonPath

LocalPolicies&Actions

SrGovPolicies&Actions


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Government Spheres of Influence

Local govt

Senior govt


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Local and Senior Govt Policy Impact

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

300,000

350,000

2007 2020 2031 2050

TonnesCO2e

EmissionsReductionsbyPolicyBundle

GrowingSmarter

LocalTransitRoutes

BikeImprovements

PedImprovements



LocalRetrofit

OnsiteRenewables

DistrictEnergyExpansion

DistrictEnergyDecarbonisation

LocalSolidWaste

TransitImprovements

TransitRouteAdditions

TailpipeEmission Standards

GreeningtheGrid

BCBuildingCode

SrGovRetrofit

SrGovSolidWaste

LowCarbonPath

LocalPolicies&Actions

SrGovPolicies&Actions

Local govt

Senior govt


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OCP amendment

Overall targets 15% reduction below 2007 by 2020

50% reduction below 2007 by 2050

Sector targets

Transportation (10% trip reduction, 10%increase in non-automobile modes)

Buildings (3% annual retrofit)


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Outline



Community Plan Update

Lessons Learned


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Lessons Learned

Involve staff from all departments in plandevelopment

Celebrate key steps along the way

Leverage influential points of contact

through internal & external engagement Importance of partnerships and

collaboration to achieve success

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